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Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Billy Timmins
102. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which post-tender negotiation takes place in respect of contracts awarded through the public procurement process, despite this practice contravening the Irish rules for public procurement (details supplied); if during the lifetime of the current Government any contracts awarded through the public procurement process were contingent on, or awarded as a result of, successful post-tender negotiation; if the results of these negotiations materially disadvantaged other tenderers who would otherwise have been the winning bidder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24097/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure
Billy Timmins
103. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money which has been spent by this Government since 2011 to ensure that suppliers who, through outsourcing or by other means, are dependent on offshore suppliers to win contracts meet all requisite ethical standards for contracts awarded through the public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24098/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Public Procurement Regulations
Billy Timmins
104. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that all contracts awarded through the public procurement process during the lifetime of this Government were so awarded only after the company to which the contract was awarded was fully incorporated, including those contracts with a value of below €5,000, which were awarded but which still require the successful party to have corporate capacity to contract, for the award to be legal, fair and proper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24099/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure
Billy Timmins
105. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total quantum of expenditure with suppliers on contracts of value less than the €5,000 threshold, below which contracts may be awarded on the basis of a verbal quotation; when he plans to extend the national e-procurement system to cover all public procurement contracts, with a value both above and below €5,000; if he has confidence that the existence of less stringent requirements for public procurement contacts with a value below €5,000 is not being abused by State bodies, Government Departments or their proxies; the controls that are in place to prevent such abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Billy Timmins
106. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if persons and bodies corporate without any training in procurement or commerce are permitted to put services out to tender through the public procurement process; the training that persons or bodies must undertake in order to be eligible to run tendering processes and interpret responses received using the public procurement process, and award work to bidders that is funded by the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24101/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Billy Timmins
107. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ethical standards public servants must conform to when they contract on behalf of the State; if there is a central register where public servants personally declare that they have no vested interest in the awarding of contract, and no conflict of interest in awarding any contracts of any value whatsoever; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24102/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Public Procurement Regulations
Billy Timmins
108. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any measures are utilised to ensure that competing parties in the public procurement process are compared on a like-for-like basis in respect of standards in workplace safety and employment regulations, notwithstanding that a competing party may use inputs from low-cost countries outside of the European Union in the supply-chain process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24103/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Billy Timmins
109. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the appeal mechanisms, outside of judicial review, that are in place for parties who are unsuccessful in the public procurement process; his plans to introduce such an appeal mechanism; the specific steps the State takes to ensure that parties who are unsuccessful in the public procurement process and undertake a judicial review against the awarding body are not disadvantaged when competing in subsequent public procurement processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24104/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Ministerial Correspondence
Charlie McConalogue
110. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a final reply will issue to his interim response (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24112/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Enterprise Support Services Provision
Mick Wallace
111. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 10 June 2015, the educational training courses, other than those in responsible welding co-ordination, required in order for steel fabricators to meet their compliance obligations under European Union Directive EN-1090-1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24094/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Enterprise Support Services Provision
Mick Wallace
112. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 19 May 2015, the training possibilities under SOLAS and Education and Training Boards for steel fabricators in order for them to comply with European Union Directive EN 1090-1; the subsidies or grants available, or envisaged, in this regard under these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24145/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Unemployment Levels
Terence Flanagan
113. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his assessment regarding the level of unemployment among recent graduates in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24135/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Michael Creed
114. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; his views regarding the investor state dispute settlement therein; his views that this new court-arbitration system for disputes is going to be inaccessible to the small and medium enterprises sector due to costs and affordability issues; if he will ensure that this issue is addressed in the ongoing negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24204/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Job Creation Data
Peadar Tóibín
115. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of impending job losses at a company (details supplied) in County Clare, despite the Government's announcement last year that the company intended to create 100 additional jobs over the next year; if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual number of full-time jobs announced by the Government, via the regular jobs announcements Government statements; and of these, the actual number of jobs delivered. [24218/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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GLAS Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
116. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Natura lands with an area of 69.931 hectares have been accepted in an application under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23991/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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GLAS Applications
Brendan Griffin
117. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a special area of conservation totalling 17.3 hectares has been recognised in an application under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23997/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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GLAS Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
118. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a special area of conservation totalling 4.63 hectares has been recognised in an application under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23998/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Beef Industry
Pat Deering
119. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the last beef forum meeting; when the forum is due to meet again; and the main items on the agenda. [24005/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Farm Inspections
Pat Deering
120. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new farmers charter will be agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24006/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Bovine Disease Controls
Fergus O'Dowd
121. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, on a farm in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24009/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Farm Inspections
Seán Fleming
122. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 25 March 2015, if the information in respect of 2014 will be supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24026/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Single Payment Scheme Applications
Dara Calleary
123. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused entitlements under the single payment scheme. [24074/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Fish Farming
Clare Daly
124. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 3 April 2014, the reason he replied regarding the inspection of licensed aquaculture sites that he was satisfied that the current inspection regime is satisfactory, when at the same time he provided the European Commission with a programme of measures intended to avoid daily fines for non-compliance with the European Court of Justice case C-418/04, informing the Commission that a dedicated monitoring and compliance unit has been established within his Department to ensure enhanced monitoring and regulatory standards, practices and procedures, and that he had substantially enhanced the existing regulatory procedures and supplements for all other inspections of sites. [24147/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Fish Farming
Clare Daly
125. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the very substantial enhancement of the existing regulatory procedure which supplements all other inspections of sites, specifying how it supplements the inspection checklist for marine fish farms which was first published in 2000 and which is currently the sole record of fish farm inspections made available to members of the public. [24148/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Fish Farming
Clare Daly
126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the structure, staffing and resources allocated to the marine fish farms monitoring and compliance unit; the date it was established; the number of meetings it has held; and any work it has undertaken. [24149/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Fish Farming
Clare Daly
127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the majority of site inspections undertaken by his Department do not check the condition of the shackles, an important structural component of fish farm installations, when an inspection of these shackles is required on his Department’s checklist for marine fish farms; and the measures he plans to take to ensure that inspection checklists for marine fish farms are properly completed. [24150/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Fish Farming
Clare Daly
128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that there is no requirement to ensure operators of marine fish farms undertake appropriate and regular inspections of every item of the mooring system by divers, cleaned down where necessary to allow such inspections, with its conditions recorded and submitted to his Department, as recommended to him by his Department's engineering division; and if he is satisfied that no such requirement is needed, in view of the failure of such structural components at Inver Bay in 2010, Clew Bay in 2010, and Bantry Bay in 2014 with the total loss of more than 300,000 salmon. [24151/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Bord na gCon
Éamon Ó Cuív
129. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board will require his permission to sell the Greyhound Stadium in Harold’s Cross in Dublin 6W; if the board has discussed this issue with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24181/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Air Ambulance Service Provision
Pat Breen
130. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Defence the number of missions carried out by a service (details supplied) in County Clare in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23999/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Coroners Service
Patrick O'Donovan
131. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of cases dealt with by coroners in 2014; the total cost in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24000/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Wildlife Protection
Brendan Griffin
132. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with the Garda Commissioner to devise a protocol for dealing with reports of illegal burning (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23965/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Residency Permits
Bernard Durkan
133. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23970/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
Brendan Griffin
134. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the historical case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23973/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Court Accommodation Provision
Derek Nolan
135. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a comprehensive update, including an estimated timeframe and cost, on plans for a new courthouse in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24002/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Direct Provision System
Thomas Pringle
136. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an opportunity to make submissions to her on the recommendations put forward by the working group to report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers and the direct provision system, before the recommendations are considered by her and brought before the Cabinet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24105/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Direct Provision System
Thomas Pringle
137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report of the working group to report to the Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers, will be published before it is debated in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24106/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Garda Recruitment
Patrick O'Donovan
138. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm, in respect of the panels that were established for the Garda Síochána recruitment campaigns, that all of the candidates in band 1 have now been called and that band 2 candidates will now be called in the next round of recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24109/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Drugs Crime
Terence Flanagan
139. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her assessment regarding the problem of drug taking in Dublin city centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24129/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Drugs Crime
Terence Flanagan
140. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the powers that An Garda Síochána has when dealing with persons openly taking drugs on the streets of Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24130/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Drugs Crime
Terence Flanagan
141. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update regarding Operation Spire and its success in tackling drug taking on the streets of Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24131/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Drugs Crime
Terence Flanagan
142. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is considering to address the problem of drug taking on the streets of Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24132/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Drugs Crime
Terence Flanagan
143. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the discussions she has held with other Departments regarding the need for a strategy to be developed to address the problem of drug taking and anti-social behaviour on Dublin city centre streets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24133/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Garda Stations
Terence Flanagan
144. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to re-open any of the Garda stations that closed under the current Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24134/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Legislative Measures
Finian McGrath
145. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has given consideration to repealing the current legislation dealing with blasphemy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24152/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Garda Recruitment
Patrick O'Donovan
146. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position of bands 1, 2 and 3 that were formed in the Garda Síochána recruitment process; in view of the fact the candidates who have already been chosen for recruitment have come from band 1; when it is envisaged that the candidates in band 2 will be informed that they will progress to band 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24200/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Departmental Funding
Pearse Doherty
147. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details in tabular form of State funding to a charity (details supplied) for the past ten years including to date in 2015. [24028/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Departmental Funding
Pearse Doherty
148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details in tabular form of State funding to a refuge (details supplied) in Dublin 17 for the past ten years including 2015 to date. [24029/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Child Protection
Fergus O'Dowd
149. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the concerns of the head of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, (details supplied) as expressed in The Irish Times on 8 June 2015 regarding Louth-Meath child protection services; the action that is necessary to ensure a rapid improvement in these services; the way this situation has arisen and the concerns he has. [24058/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Michael McCarthy
150. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23962/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Health Services
Jack Wall
151. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be carried out in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23963/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Treatment Abroad Scheme
Pat Breen
152. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Health when a decision concerning a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the treatment abroad scheme will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23981/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Michael Healy-Rae
153. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
154. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23985/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Dental Services Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
155. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the staff numbers employed in the public dental service, including their principal roles, for example, dentist, administrator and so on, currently and in 2008. [23986/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Dental Services Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
156. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing an additional 50 dentists in the Health Service Executive. [23987/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Departmental Staff Data
Helen McEntee
157. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Health the number of employees under the age of 35 years of age currently working in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23990/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Legislative Programme
Robert Troy
158. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 10 June 2015, when the legislation to regulate surrogacy will be enacted; and if it will prevent persons who are unfit to have a child from doing so. [23992/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Psychological Services
Seán Fleming
159. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all residential psychiatric units; the weekly cost of accommodating a person in these units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24012/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Departmental Expenditure
Brendan Griffin
160. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for expenditure on the health service for the past ten years; if he will provide details on the amount spent on staffing during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24016/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Health Services
Clare Daly
161. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 667 of 26 May 2015, his views on the appropriateness of the reply of the Health Service Executive where it was questioned concerning its attitude in refusing a request from the family of a vulnerable adult for a cognitive assessment to be carried out independently, at the expense of the family, and shared fully with the executive, in order to ascertain the competency of the person to instruct a solicitor, were passed on to that solicitor and a response was subsequently received to the question that this solicitor had persuaded other public representatives to withdraw their representations and that they trusted that this dealt with the issue. [24032/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Willie Penrose
162. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; in view of the urgency of the person's situation; when this person will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24049/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Hospital Services
John Browne
163. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health when a full-time asthma nurse will be appointed for Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24052/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Health Services
Pat Deering
164. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, who suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome, to enter residential care; if he will provide the necessary funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24065/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Cancer Services Funding
Pat Rabbitte
165. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason the combined therapy cancer treatment, that has been recommended in respect of a person (details supplied) at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, is only available on a private basis, at a cost of €70,000 to the person; if it will be made available through the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24066/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Mental Health Services Funding
Brendan Griffin
166. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for expenditure on mental health services in County Kerry for each year of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24077/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Disability Services Funding
Brendan Griffin
167. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for expenditure on disability services in County Kerry for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24078/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Rare Diseases
Derek Keating
168. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive has now opened the National Rare Disease Office, the scope of the conditions that will be dealt with there; if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has the condition Alkaptonuria, which is extremely rare and of which this person is one of only two sufferers here, will have her condition managed here rather than having to travel to Liverpool in England for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24087/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Health Services
Clare Daly
169. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 31 March 2015, if he will direct the Health Service Executive to answer the question posed, which was to explain the reason the executive took speedy action against a person (details supplied) in relation to a complaint, where no mother and baby suffered harm, but delayed in dealing with complaints where babies died. [24088/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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General Medical Services Scheme Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
170. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the general medical services scheme, covering medications prescribed that are only supplied in 28-pill packages; if patients are to be out-of-pocket for the additional month at the end of the year; if he will consider ensuring that all patients have access to their medications throughout the year, and are not asked to contribute to an extra month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24091/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Drug Treatment Programmes
Terence Flanagan
171. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his views that a medically-supervised injection centre should be opened in Dublin in a bid to address the problem of persons taking drugs on the streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24136/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Misuse of Drugs
Terence Flanagan
172. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health to outline his assessment regarding the success of the assertive case management team in addressing the problem of persons taking drugs on Dublin city centre streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24137/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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National Children's Hospital Status
Terence Flanagan
173. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the construction of the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24138/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Hospital Staff
Terence Flanagan
174. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health to explain the reason a specialist is not available at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Epilepsy Incidence
Terence Flanagan
175. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans for implementing the recommendations of the World Health Organization's resolution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24140/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Nursing Staff Recruitment
Finian McGrath
176. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware of the significant potential loss of nurses in our nursing homes and senior citizens services; the action he will take on this urgent matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24153/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Community Care Provision
Finian McGrath
177. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding the Donnycarney centre for senior citizens in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24154/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Health Services Provision
Finian McGrath
178. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide support in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24155/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Health Services Provision
Finian McGrath
179. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide support in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who requires taxis to get to hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24156/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Thomas P. Broughan
180. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to inform citizens of their right to receive treatment abroad under the cross-border Directive 2011/24/EU with only the requirement of a general practitioner referral letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24189/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Thomas P. Broughan
181. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to inform persons on waiting lists of their rights to obtain care outside Ireland and to be reimbursed, fully or partially, in case of non-medical card holders for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24190/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
Thomas P. Broughan
182. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the further funding resources he will make available at the 26 Health Service Executive nursing homes identified by the Health Information and Quality Authority as requiring accommodation upgrades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24191/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Mental Health Services
Thomas P. Broughan
183. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the location of each of the four mental health high observation units; the number of staff allocated to each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24192/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Accident and Emergency Departments
Thomas P. Broughan
184. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health his plans to submit funding proposals to provide for additional capacity at the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24193/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Home Help Service Provision
Billy Kelleher
185. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of home help hours that have been allocated but are currently unfilled due to financial constraints, by Health Service Executive local area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24215/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Michael Healy-Rae
186. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the bed crisis in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24220/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Citizenship Applications
Bernard Durkan
187. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in determining an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) who made an application on behalf of her son, through the Ottawa Embassy in Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23964/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Foreign Conflicts
Seán Crowe
188. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the serious claims and mounting evidence that the Sri Lankan military committed war crimes and gross human rights violations in 2009, in the final months of that country's civil war; his views that there should be an independent and international legal inquiry into these claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24062/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Middle East Peace Process
Olivia Mitchell
189. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is any indication that the European Union will move to recognise the Palestinian state; if such a move, either by Ireland or the European Union, would be helpful in achieving peace; if any consensus is emerging at European Union level as to the way the peace talks could be restarted; the way the Palestinian question could be moved up the international agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24146/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Jonathan O'Brien
190. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average primary school class size for the 2014-15 school year. [23966/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Jonathan O'Brien
191. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current pupil teacher ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23967/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Jonathan O'Brien
192. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children who were in classes of 30 or more during the 2014-15 school year, by county. [23968/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Michael Healy-Rae
193. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding home tuition in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry who was referred to a unit that has not been built yet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23978/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Jonathan O'Brien
194. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe it would take and cost to reduce pupil-teacher ratios to 20:1, at the rate of reducing class sizes by one pupil per year, taking into account growing number of students in the next few years. [23983/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Departmental Correspondence
Charlie McConalogue
195. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to an interim reply (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24020/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Charlie McConalogue
196. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she received additional plans from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a reply will issue from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24022/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Physical Education Facilities
Derek Nolan
197. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) in County Galway has done significant fundraising for a new sports hall on its campus; if she will consider part-funding sports halls for schools considering the increased focus on, and importance of, physical education for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24024/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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School Transport Provision
Charlie McConalogue
198. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the distance in kilometres, as determined by Bus Éireann, from Urris to Carndonagh Community School in County Donegal, and the distance in kilometres, as determined by Bus Éireann, from Urris to either Crana College or Scoil Mhuire in Buncrana in County Donegal, using the main routes, and not the road through Mamore Gap; if she is aware that Bus Éireann has confirmed to families that it will not be using Mamore Gap when transporting students from Urris to their nearest secondary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24067/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Schools Refurbishment
Charlie McConalogue
199. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a final reply will issue further to her interim reply (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24068/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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School Management
Martin Heydon
200. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department provides specific guidelines to primary schools on the times they should start school every morning and when premises should be open and available for children to be dropped off; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24075/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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School Staff
Seán Fleming
201. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Garda Síochána clearance is required for all persons teaching and working in schools; if this procedure applies to members of the boards of management of schools and to bodies that oversee the provision of schools, such as Educate Together, Gaelscoileanna and other national organisations; if Garda Síochána vetting is required for board members in these situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24079/15]